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Kokonte

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Alternative names
  
Face The Wall

Region or state
  
Southern

Place of origin
  
Course
  
Stew, Soup

Serving temperature
  
Hot

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Main ingredients
  
Dry Cassavaa, Salt and Water

Similar
  
Banku, Palm nut soup, Ground nut soup, Waakye, Akple

How to make ghana kokonte an african specialty


Kokonte is a delicacy which is eaten some parts of Africa like Togo, Ghana and others. In Ghana to be precise Kokonte is eaten by most of the ethnic groups like the Ga, Akan, Hausa and so on. Most people like to refer to Kokonte as Face The Wall because of the way it looks and this is the popular term mostly used by the Ghanaian locals. Kokonte usually is brown, grey and deep green depending on the type of ethnic group that prepares the delicacy. Kokonte is usually prepared out of dried cassava or yam.

Contents

Ingredients

  • Dried Cassava or Yam
  • Water
  • Salt
  • Preparation

  • Put your hot water on fire to heat
  • Add your dried powdered cassava or yam
  • stir firmly in water to prevent balls to exist in the food
  • Continue to stir firmly until a deep green,grayish or deep green colour shows
  • When the colour shows up you can dish out the food to serve attractively with soup like (Palm Nut Soup, ground nut soup and so on)
  • References

    Kokonte Wikipedia